Yamaha Tyros2 Owner's Manual - Page 59

Recording Audio to the Tyros2-Hard Disk Recorder Quick Guide Reference on page 135 This method of recording is fundamentally different from the recording of your performance as explained on page 55. In that section, you learned how to record MIDI data. Here, you'll learn how to record the audio directly to an installed hard disk drive-for pristine, absolutely noise-free audio quality. Moreover, you'll be able to record your voice, a guitar or other acoustic and electric instruments. The recording is a simple stereo file, but you can freely overdub additional parts as desired. If you have a computer and audio editing software, you can also edit the sound file as needed, and then re-import it to the Tyros2. The Tyros2 allows you to record audio files from the following sources: • The internal sound of the Tyros2. • Input from a microphone, guitar or other instrument (via the LINE IN/MIC jacks). • Input from another audio device, such as a CD player, MP3 player or the like (via the LINE IN/MIC jacks). You can record two of these sources at the same time-for example, the internal Tyros2 sound mixed with the microphone input-letting you record both your keyboard performance and singing simultaneously. The recorded data using this function is saved as: • Stereo Wave data (Here, "Wave" refers to WAV format.) • 44.1 kHz sample rate • 16-bit resolution Recording the Sound of the Tyros2 In this section, you'll play the keyboard and record the sound of the Tyros2 to the Hard Disk Recorder. You can record a maximum of 80 minutes to one audio song. 1 Select a voice for the RIGHT 1 part. For instructions on selecting a voice, see page 25. 2 Press the HARD DISK RECORDER [SETTING] button to call up the Audio Setting display. IMPORTANT • Before you begin, make sure you have a hard disk drive properly installed. (See page 221 for instructions on installing a hard disk drive.) Also, make sure there is enough available space on the disk for recording. Your hard disk drive should have at least 100 MB when the drive is first recognized by this instrument. For recording, your hard disk drive should have at least 50 MB. NOTE • As a rule of thumb, 1 minute of stereo recording with the Hard Disk Recorder (at 44.1 kHz, 16 bit) will take up roughly 10 MB of hard disk space. If the Volume page above is not selected, use the [TAB] buttons to call it up. 3 Play the keyboard and check the signal on the REC MONITOR meters. Strictly speaking, this step is not necessary, since the record level of the internal Tyros2 sounds is fixed. However, when you record other sources, you'll need to use these meters to get the optimum recording level. This also serves as a fail-proof indication that you have sufficient audio level for recording. 59 Tyros2 Owner's Manual